Dress-stay



(No Model.)

M. P. BRAY.

DRESS STAY.

No. 440,246. Patented Nov. 11, 1890 51w- Zwz W x zgjllllilfiz INVENTOR777m f ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS P. BRAY, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

DRESS-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,246, dated November11, 1890.

Application filed July 29, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MORRIS P. BRAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ansonia, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDressStays; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to dress-stays, and has for its object to improveupon the construction shown and described in Letters Patent of theUnited States No. 396,533, issued to me January 22, 1889.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improvedstay; Fig. 2, a similar view showing the covering torn away at one end;Fig. 3, a detail elevation of the steels; Fig. 4, a view similar to Fig.2, but showing the complementary circular recesses formed within theextreme ends of the steels; Fig. 5,a detail elevation of the steels suchas are shown at Fig. 4; Figs. 6 and 7, sections respectively at thelines y 1 and 00 a: of Fig. 1.

Similar letters denote like parts in the several figures of thedrawings.

My present improvement has nothing to do with the construction of thedress-stay proper, but pertains solely to the securing of the ends ofthe steels to the outer covering.

I prefer to use the woven covering having longitudinal pockets, (shownin dotted lines,) such as I have described in the aforesaid patent.

At or near the ends of the twin steels A B are circular complementaryrecesses a b. When the steels are within the covering C, an eyelet D isinserted through the recesses and Serial No. 360,309. (No model.)

covering and clamped,thus securing the steels in position within saidcovering. The eyelet fits the recesses snugly, so that there can be nodisplacement of the several parts of the stay. The recesses may beformed in the steels a short distance from the ends thereof, as shown atFigs. 2 and 3, or said recesses may be formed within the ends of thesteels, as shown at Figs. 4 and 5, it being immaterial where therecesses are formed as long as they are near the ends of the steels, soas not to interfere with the stitching of the stay within a garment.

Heretofore the main difficulty with twin stays has been owing to thelongitudinal displacement of the steels for want of a proper fasteningdevice; but my invention overcomes this difliculty and at the same timeleaves the stay flexible throughout its entire length.

I claim I 1. In a dress-stay composed of twin steels within a suitablecovering, the combination of the steels having circular complementaryrecesses, with an eyelet secured to the covering through said recesses,substantially as shown and set forth.

2. In a dress-stay, the combination of two steels within a suitablecovering, and having at the extreme ends complementary circularrecesses, with an eyelet extending through and closely fitting saidrecesses and clamped to the outer faces of the covering, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORRIS P. BRAY.

Witnesses:

F. W. SMITH, J r., J S. FINoH.

